CN1766475A - In-door water dispenser with door reversibility - Google Patents
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Abstract
An appliance cabinet with at least one openable door has a hinge at a pivoting edge of the door to allow the door to open about the pivoting edge. An endcap is secured to an edge of the door adjacent to the pivoting edge. A first conduit extends from an in-door apparatus to an end within the endcap. A second conduit extends from within the cabinet to an end exterior of the cabinet and within the endcap. An end connector is provided to receive the ends of the first and second conduits. The hinge is movable from the pivoting edge of the door to an opposite edge of the door. The second conduit is arranged to exit from either adjacent one corner or adjacent an opposite corner of the cabinet to be adjacent to the pivoting edge. In this arrangement, the two conduits are joinable within the endcap at the end connector to form a continuous conduit.
Description
Background technology
Known have a refrigerator that has an interior water dispenser, and wherein the outside from refrigerator can arrive this distributor, and this distributor can selectively distribute cold water or ice.In order to allow distributor work, a water pipe must extend to door from outcase of refrigerator.Usually use a conduit of arranging along the hinge side near zone of the door that can pivotally open to carry out this work, this conduit will be not easy to be seen or expose largely when opening with box lunch.
Refrigerator doors can be used the hinge that is provided with along the right of door or use the hinge that is provided with along the left side of door to be connected in this shell in the open position leftward in right hand open position.For refrigerator doors is transformed into the left hand open position from right hand open position, in having door, must change the route of water feed line and common control or power line during water dispenser.This usually requires to open an inside, so that can lead to an interior distributor, and to allow conduit and the lead of dismounting at the distributor place, this can take the possessory many energy of equipment, may cause after ressembling meeting improper.
The inside of opening door, the structure that permission is carried out all conversion from the place ahead of this equipment are not provided if provide permission to change the rotation of door, and this will be a progress in this field.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a scheme, this scheme allows to change the rotation of door and does not require the inside of opening door leading to device (in-door apparatus) in, and allows to carry out all conversion from the place ahead of equipment.
In one embodiment of this invention, a device housings is provided with at least one openable door, and this door has a hinge on one pivot limit, opens around this pivot limit to allow this door.One end cap is fixed in a near edge of the door the pivot limit.One first conduit device in this extends to the end in this end cap.One second conduit extends in the end outside and end cap of shell from shell.One end connection is set, is used to admit the end of first and second conduits.Hinge can move to a relative edge of door from the pivot limit of door.This second conduit is configured near drawing near a jiao of the shell on pivot limit or near the relative angle of shell.In this structure, two conduits can be combined in the inherent end connection of end cap place, to form a continuous conduit.
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Fig. 1 is the stereogram that embodies refrigerator equipment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the upward view of the end cap that uses with the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the partial view of amplification of the end cap of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the upward view of the end cap in a partial assembled structure.
Fig. 5 is the upward view of the end cap in a relative partial assembled structure.
Fig. 6 is the front view of an embodiment of water dispenser.
Fig. 7 is the rearview of water dispenser.
Fig. 8 is the rearview of protecgulum.
Fig. 9 is the side view of switch, liner plate and micro switch.
Figure 10 is the schematic diagram of all parts of water dispenser.
The specific embodiment
The invention provides a structure, this structure allows to change the rotation of appliance doors and does not require the inside of opening door leading to device in, and this structure allows to carry out all changes from the place ahead of equipment.The present invention can be widely used in various equipment.Wherein in a broad sense " equipment " is interpreted as the equipment that not only includes power supply, for example refrigerator, freezer unit, baker, dishwashers etc., and comprise non-transformer equipment, non-transformer equipment comprises bin and other article with the door that can pivotally open.In order with a particular device the present invention to be discussed, the present invention is illustrated as and is implemented in the refrigerator equipment that has an interior water dispenser, still, should be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to use in refrigerator or only have the equipment of water dispenser.
In Fig. 1, showing is an equipment of a refrigerator 20 forms, and this refrigerator has the shell 22 for external shell, and this shell has at least one door 24 that pivotally opens, and is used to provide the passage that arrives inner room 26.The equipment that has two or more also can embody the present invention.The inner room of these equipment can or can not be frozen, and can be heated yet, and is filled with water sometimes, perhaps can only be in ambient conditions.
One hinge is set connects 28 at one of door 24 30 places, limit that can pivot, open pivotally around the pivoted limit of door to allow door.Such as will be discussed, this hinge can be set along any limit of door 24 connect 28, and this hinge connects the relative edge that can move to door.Though accompanying drawing only shows and wherein along a vertical left side and the right hinge is set and is connected 28 structure, they also can be provided with along the top or the base of some equipment.
One end cap 32 is fixed in a near edge 34 of the door 24 door 24 the pivot limit 30.In an illustrated embodiment, this end cap 32 removably is fixed in the base 34 of door 24, still, also it can be positioned at the top edge of some equipment.And,, will end cap 32 be set along a left side or the right of door 24 when along the top or base when hinge being set connecting 28.
In the embodiment shown, one first water conduit 38 water dispenser 36 in the door extends near the end connection 44 (Figure 4 and 5) of the end cap 32 the pivot limit 30 that is positioned at door 24.Certainly in certain embodiments, will not use conduit 38 to transport water, but can make this conduit transport any amount of different material, as previously discussed.End connection 44 can be the end connection of thread type, perhaps can have requirement other type, be satisfied with the special article that transports in conduit or functional connector, comprises frictional fit, snap-button connection, bayonet socket connection etc.End connection 44 can be positioned at arbitrary position in a big way of end cap 22, not necessarily is limited to the position near the pivot limit 30 of door 24.
In addition, in an illustrated embodiment, one second water conduit 42 extend in the shell 22 near the pivot limit 30 of door 24, at end connection 44 housing exterior, in end cap 32.As for first conduit 38, second conduit 42 can be not used in and transport water in certain embodiments, but can be used to transport any amount of different material, as previously discussed.End connection 44 can be the single-piece that is connected in each conduit 38,42, perhaps can form have can cooperate interconnect two of structure.End connection 44 can be positioned at arbitrary position in a big way of end cap 32, not necessarily is confined to the position near the pivot limit 30 of door 24.
Shown in specific embodiment in, a water dispenser 36 comprises and is installed in the distributor body 54 of door in 24 in the door.In this embodiment, distributor body 54 is in place foaming in door 24, with the simplified structure of heat-insulating capability that raising is provided and door.In other embodiments, 36 can there be an independent housing for device in the door, and, can not use or not require by foaming in place or heat insulation by foaming in place not.
In an illustrated embodiment, hollow conduit 56 extends to the base 34 of the door 24 that end cap 32 wherein is set from distributor body 54.Before the remainder that this conduit 56 allows the operation of foaming in place to occur in assembling process carries out.Hollow conduit 56 is dimensioned to first water conduit 38 that is used to admit by wherein.The size of hollow conduit 56 can also be decided to be the electric wire that is used to admit by wherein.In other embodiments, if use hollow conduit 56, the size of this hollow conduit should be confirmed as being used to admit all conduits of any kind that comprises electric wire, and extends between the device 36 in shell 22 and door.
In certain embodiments, end cap 32 can be formed by plastic material.This is particularly useful for the occasion that door 24 forms promising one nonplanar surfaces or edge, for example has the door of an appearance of the front surface of convexity.Shown in Fig. 2 and 3, end cap 32 can have a water conduit groove 58 that forms therein, so that can admit water conduit and can't see this water conduit.Can from shell extend to the door electric wire also can be received within the groove 58.One centre bore 60 is set in end cap 32, is used to allow first water conduit 38 to pass through, and also allow hollow conduit 56 and any electric wire or other conduit (if existence) to pass through.This hole 60 provides being communicated with between the end at end cap 32 places of door 24 and door inside.Certainly, hole 60 does not need to be positioned at central authorities, but can be positioned at any position on the length direction of end cap 32.
In an illustrated embodiment, second water conduit 42 has a first 64 that has a length, and this length is enough to allow second water conduit to draw and extend into end cap 32 from a jiao 52 of shell 22.Second water conduit 42 also comprises a second portion 66 that selectively can be connected with first 64.This second portion 66 has a length, and this length is enough to allow second water conduit 42 to draw and extend into end cap 32 from the relative angle 52 of shell 22.
As an example, as shown in the figure, dispenser device 20 can be manufactured to right hand rotary type.Therefore, electric wire and water conduit 38 will be in the admittance groove 58 in the end cap 32 arrange towards the right-hand side of equipment, as shown in Figure 4.From the electric wire/conduit assembly 42 of shell 22 will by fromer rail (be hidden in end cap 32 after) from this equipment draw with end cap groove 58 in, be connected with electric wire from the water conduit 38 of door 24.In order to make a counter-rotating, client takes needs apart in the right side of groove 58 power and water wire connections 44.To be connected to the second portion water/wire component 66 that is positioned at after the fromer rail from the first 64 of the water/wire component of shell 22.This second assembly 66 only is used for the left handed turning dynamic formula.Then with in all clips of pulling out and being connected again in all clips 61 of door electric wire/conduit assembly 38 from the right-hand side of groove 58 on the left-hand side of groove.Carry out being connected of electric wire and waterpipe with electric wire/conduit assembly 66 then, this assembly 66 cross equipment 20 the place ahead, draw from equipment at left hinge side place.
This design allows the user to make a backward rotation in the corresponding to mode of door Umklapp process with the door that does not have distributor.In order to make a counter-rotating or dismounting door, the user will not need to dismantle any part of distributor.All power and water lines connect and can carry out in the place ahead of equipment 20.
In Fig. 6 to 10, illustrated can be in the specific door that end cap 32 structures of the present invention are used water dispenser.In this embodiment, in the door water dispenser 36 comprise a distributor body 70 and in distributor body a level switch 72 movably, this switch is configured to be promoted by the user, is used for carrying out water is dispensed in the cup 74 from distributor.One bracket 74 is fixed in distributor body 70 and is configured to and engaged and rotate (Fig. 9) by moving horizontally of switch 72.One micro switch 76 is operated when being provided in by the pivoting action of the mobile bracket that causes 74 of switch 72.One protecgulum 78 is equipped with a user interface Electronic Control plate (user interface electronic control board) 80, and this plate is connected with micro switch 76.
In the embodiment shown, be contained in distributor bodies 70 in the external door 24 and have the purposes that is included in protecgulum 78 and switch 72 in the tram and bracket 74 is placed on place, a fixed position.In 2 plate electronic control systems, user interface panel 80 interacts with the user.This control panel 80 shows feedback information by 8 couples of users of all light emitting diodes and accepts user's input and be communicated with power panel 80 by switch 85.This plate 81 has the purposes that user interface panel 80 is supplied power supplys and is communicated with, operates water dispenser valve 82 and monitoring ice making valve 84 and door switch 86 with plate 80.This two plates electronic control system and bracket 74, protecgulum 78 and water dispenser magnetic valve 82 interact, and interact by bracket and switch 72.Bracket 74 directly is connected in distributor body 70 in the fixed position, but can move with opposite way, is used for this switch moved converting the micro switch 76 of drive installation on the rear side of user interface panel 80 to.User interface panel 80 is installed in the front end 78, and protecgulum is directly connected in distributor body 70.Switch 72 is positioned at protecgulum 78, allows to move horizontally to drive bracket 74.
When user's push switch 72, dispensing water when this switch drives bracket 74 in a horizontal manner.This is again by the mobile driving micro switch 76 with horizontal opposite way.Micro switch 76 is installed in the rear side of user interface panel 80, and this micro switch is communicated with power panel 81 then, tells it to drive water dispenser magnetic valve 82.Power panel drives 82 1 duration of water dispenser magnetic valve then, and this duration is determined by the desired continuous connection of accepting from user interface panel 80.The time that user interface panel will be grown as switch 72 is depressed, drives micro switch 76 is continued the connection requirement to power panel 81.When user's release-push 72, bracket 74 will rotate back into its origin-location, discharge micro switch 76.User interface panel 80 will lead to power panel 81 again, so that water dispenser magnetic valve 82 is not worked.Power panel 81 will make water dispenser magnetic valve 82 not work then.
As obviously showing from the above description, the present invention is easy to and may especially embodies with those structures described in above explanation and the narration different many variations and modification.Should be appreciated that we wish that all these variations all are embodied in this claim of confirming, this is because all these change all reasonably and rightly is in the scope that we contribute this field.
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1. a refrigerator comprises:
One shell, this shell have at least one door that pivotally opens, so that the passage that arrives an inner room to be provided,
One hinge connects, and it is positioned at the place, pivot limit of described door, open pivotally around the described pivot limit of described door to allow described door,
One detachable end, it is fixed in the one side near the described door on the described pivot limit of described door,
An interior water dispenser, that it is positioned at described door and can be arrived from the outside of described shell,
One first water conduit, its water dispenser in the described door extend to the end near the described pivot limit of described door the described end cap,
One second water conduit, it extends near the outside and end in described end cap of the described shell the described pivot limit of described door in the described shell,
At least one end connection, it is positioned at described end cap, is configured to admit described all ends of described first and second water conduits,
Described hinge connects a relative edge who selectively is movable to described door from the described pivot limit of described door, replacedly opens to allow described door from an one side or a relative edge,
Described second water conduit selectively is configured to draw near near the described shell the described pivot limit of described door one jiao or near the relative angle of described shell,
Wherein, described first water conduit and described second water conduit in described end cap, at described end connection place can in conjunction with, be used to form the water conduit that arrives a continuous seal of water dispenser in the described door in the described shell.
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, water dispenser comprises a distributor body that is installed in the described door in the described door.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described distributor body is foaming appropriate location in described door.
4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, also comprises a hollow tubing conductor, it extends to the described limit of described door from described distributor body, is provided with described end cap on the described limit of described door.
5. refrigerator as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, the size of described hollow tubing conductor is confirmed as being used to admit the described water conduit by wherein.
6. refrigerator as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, the size of described hollow tubing conductor is confirmed as also being used to admit the electric wire by wherein.
7. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, forms described end cap by plastic material.
8. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described end cap has a water conduit groove that forms therein.
9. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described end cap comprises all clips that are used for described water conduit is remained on the appropriate location.
10. refrigerator as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, described all clips are separated from each other, and is received between all clips to guarantee described water conduit end connection.
11. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described hinge is connected between the following right corner of described door and the following left comer removable, described end cap is located on base along described door, and described second conduit selectively is configured to draw near the left comer near the following right corner of described shell or down.
12. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described second water conduit has the first with a length, this length is enough to allow described second water conduit to draw and extend into described end cap from a jiao of described shell, and, second water conduit comprises a second portion that selectively can be connected in described first, and described second portion has a length, and this length is enough to allow described second water conduit to draw and extend into described end cap from a relative angle of described shell.
13. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, in the described door water dispenser comprise a distributor body and in described distributor body a level switch movably, this switch is configured to be engaged by the user, to implement from described distributor dispensing water.
14. refrigerator as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, also comprises being configured to by the horizontal movement joint of described switch and a bracket that rotates.
15. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, also comprises the operated micro switch when pivoting action that is configured to described bracket takes place.
16. refrigerator as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, also comprises the protecgulum that a user interface Electronic Control plate that is communicated with described micro switch is housed.
17. refrigerator as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, also comprises a power supply electronic control panel that is communicated with described user interface Electronic Control plate.
18. refrigerator as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, also comprises the water dispenser magnetic valve by described power supply electronic control panel operation.
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